DEBIAN-CVE-2007-0956

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-0956
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-0956.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-0956
Upstream
Published
2007-04-06T01:19:00Z
Modified
2025-09-25T00:00:05.955878Z
Summary
[none]
Details

The telnet daemon (telnetd) in MIT krb5 before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain system access via a username beginning with a '-' character, a similar issue to CVE-2007-0882.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / krb5

Package

Name
krb5
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/krb5?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.4.4-8

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "high"
}

Debian:12 / krb5

Package

Name
krb5
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/krb5?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.4.4-8

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "high"
}

Debian:13 / krb5

Package

Name
krb5
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/krb5?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.4.4-8

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "high"
}

Debian:14 / krb5

Package

Name
krb5
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/krb5?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.4.4-8

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "high"
}